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small screen inside, on which the image appears Bf ft

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camera-work /'kasmraw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun [U] the style in which sb takes photographs or uses a film/ movie camera

cami-knickers /‘ksemimkaz; NAmE -karz/ noun [pi.] (BrE) a piece of women’s underwear that covers both the upper and lower body, combining French knickers and a camisole (

cami sole /'kaemisaul; NAmE -soul/ noun a short piece of women’s underwear that is worn on the top half of the body and is held up with narrow strips of material over the shoulders

camo-gie /'kaemaugi; NAmE -mou-/ noun [U] an Irish ball game similar to hurling played by two teams of 15 girls or women EMM (         W

15££|$AM ) camomile = chamomile camouflage /’k3emafla:3/ noun, verb a noun 1 [U] a way of hiding soldiers and military equip­ment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of their surroundings (          BgjgSc: a

camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers) M M A ft 0 troops dressed in camouflage       It % IA 2 [U, sing.] the

way in which an animal’s colour or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see (         ) %

3 [U, sing.] behaviour that is deliberately meant to hide the truth lit :      Her angry words were

camouflage for the way she felt. MIAOUS WW MtM i 3

■                  verb [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to hide sb/sth by making them or it look like the things around, or like sth else f/j^;

tfp:   The soldiers camouflaged themselves with leaves.

O Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dress she wore.

JWo o note at hide camp /kagmp/ noun, verb, adj.

■                  noun

►                  IN TENTS i(ik it 1 [C, U] a place where people live

temporarily in tents or temporary buildings        Let’s

return to camp, flgf] [U 'If ife 0 o to pitch/make camp (= put up tents)   o to break camp (= to

take down tents) WCM

►                  HOLIDAY/VACATION If iU 2 [C, U] a place where young people go on holiday/vacation and take part in various activities or a particular activity ff Mlf: a tennis camp

fspjf o He spent two weeks at camp this summer.

o summer camp M

4^ — see also fat camp, holiday camp

►                  PRISON, ETC. ]$} % i'; A 3 [C] (used in compounds $|

j&M. efts]) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods (         WJ ) Us

%, H ft: a refugee camp <tf; oa camp guard Jfej j§§

— see also concentration camp, prison camp,

TRANSIT CAMP

►                  ARMY AIA 4 [C, U] a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting A#: an army camp

►                  GROUP OF PEOPLE 5 [C] a group of people who have

the same ideas about sth and oppose people with other ideas M      ) :

the socialist camp A. A A AIA M 0 We were in opposing camps. |l IS f 6 [C] one of the sides

in a competition and the people connected with it

(       -       ) : There was an air of confi­dence in the England camp.        AflA'A/eA

ITiTOl see foot n.

■                  verb

►                  LIVE IN TENT tfAR if 1 [V] to put up a tent and live in it

for a short time H #; if : I camped overnight in a field. 2 [V] go camping to stay in

a tent, especially while you are on holiday/vacation

( XtafEiU H ) fHV: They go camping in France every

year.

STAY FOR SHORT TIME -flfi 3 [V] ~ (out) to live in sb’s house for a short time, especially when you do not